JCB secures new engine supply deal for Ecomax Tier 4

JCB has signed a long-term agreement to supply engines for a new range of rotating telescopic handlers to be launched by an Italian manufacturer.

MAGNI Telescopic Handlers, headed by Riccardo Magni, will produce up to 1,000 machines a year from a new 6,000m² production facility in Castelfranco Emilia, near Modena. The agreement to supply the Ecomax engine to MAGNI TH follows a recently announced €3.45 million (£3mn) a year deal to provide Johnston Sweepers, the world’s leading manufacturer of street cleansing equipment, with the 255 JCB Ecomax engine. JCB CEO Alan Blake said: “As a family company, MAGNI TH shares the same core values as JCB and is driven by innovation. We are delighted to have secured an agreement to supply engines for this new product as it builds on the growing success we are experiencing with engine sales to third parties.”